Content Archive: October 2006

FBOs

At long last, Banyan breaks ground for new terminal

In August, Banyan Air Service celebrated a long-awaited groundbreaking ceremony for its 25,000-sq-ft terminal building with an attached 20,000-sq-ft hangar
FBOs

Tampa transients get hot wheels

Tampa International Jet Center (TIJC) at Tampa International Airport has upgraded its crew cars to include an X-Type Jaguar and Ford Mustang convertible.

Moscow Rising

Business aviation has more than a toehold in Russia, as evidenced by this photo shot recently at Moscow Vnukovo Airport.
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Aircraft

SPn prototype to complete envelope expansion soon

The flight-test program of the Grob Aerospace G180 SPn Utility Jet is progressing well, officials at the German manufacturer said last month at a briefing
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

NASA cutbacks roil UAV industry

NASA’s announcement last month that–effective from the start of FY06 on October 1 this year–it will cancel all further support of U.S.
Aircraft

UK Parliment to investigate CIA jets

British lawmakers will probe allegations that the UK government has been allowing the U.S.

Schedulers & Dispatchers Update: October 2005

Arinc plans to eliminate guesswork from the aircraft weight-and-balance equation. The Annapolis, Md.-based transportation communications and systems
Safety

HAI ‘White Paper’ Boosts EMS Safety

Since 1991 there have been 127 accidents involving helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) operations, according to Helicopter Association Internation
Safety

NTSB Studies GA Weather Accidents

Noting that about two-thirds of all general aviation accidents that occur in IMC are fatal, the NTSB recently completed a study to better understand the ri
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: October 2005

— Following tradition, Congress escaped Washington’s heat and humidity by taking its customary recess in August.